Lyrics

Once I was seven years old my momma told me
Go make yourself some  
or you'll be  
Once I was seven years old

It was a big big   ,
but we thought we were  
Pushing each other to the   ,
we were   quicker
By eleven   herb and
  burning liquor
Never   so we were out
to make that steady figure

Once I was eleven years old my daddy told me
Go get yourself a   or you'll be lonely
Once I was eleven years old

I always had that   like my daddy before me
So I started   songs,
I started writing  
Something about that  
just always   to   me
'Cause only those I really love
will ever really   me

Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
Before the   sun, when life was lonely
Once I was twenty years old

I only see my   , I don't believe in failure
'Cause I know the   voices,
they can make it  
I got my boys with me at   those in favor
And if we don't   before I leave,
I hope I'll see you  

Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
I was writing about everything,
I saw before me
Once I was twenty years old

Soon we'll be thirty years old,
our songs have been  
We've   around the world
and we're still roaming
Soon we'll be thirty years old

I'm still learning about life
My woman   children for me
So I can sing them all my songs
And I can tell them stories
Most of my boys are with me
Some are still out   glory
And some I had to leave behind
My brother I'm still  

Soon I'll be sixty years old,
my   got sixty-one
Remember life and then
your life   a better one
I made a   so happy when I wrote a   once
I hope my children come and   ,
once or twice a  

Soon I'll be sixty years old,
will I think the world is  
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me
Soon I'll be sixty years old
Soon I'll be sixty years old,
will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me
Soon I'll be sixty years old

Once I was seven years old, momma told me
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Once I was seven years old

Once I was seven years old
Legend

Meaning

A song about growing up in a 'utopian community' in Denmark (Christiania)

The lyrics are by the singer himself, under his full name, Lukas Graham Forchhammer – an indication of his cross-national heritage. It's a highly emotive song. The singer recalls his childhood, his hopes, his dreams – and smoking weed at 11. He looks forward to turning 60. It's personal. “I couldn't go any further than 60 because my father died at 61,” Graham, who is 27, has said.

Vocabulary

can tell

to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide
Can you tell the difference between them?
I can’t tell one from the other

to make steady figure

to make a reliable income

smoking herb

Smoking marijuana

make it major

To be very successful, often famous

roaming

To move about or travel aimlessly, with no particular destination